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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by thisGuysAccount on Friday October 31, 2014 @03:15PM (#8540552)
static wick failure, minor fuel leak, big bang.

That said, I really have no clue about how these things work. That's just one scenario I could see leading to a midair explosion.

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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by Dylan16807 on Friday October 31, 2014 @03:46PM (#8540722)
An oxidizer leak isn't going to explode.

(And it's pretty hard for a leak of anything to explode much when there's nowhere for it to build up. Limited internal space, wind rushing by...)

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Re:SpaceshipTwo crashes shortly after Mojave test flight by TrevorJ on Saturday November 01, 2014 @12:22AM (#8542182)
My bet is a hard start.
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